Acknowledgements: Fall 2019 Architecture-For-Health lectures

Experts in public health, health care administration, technology, architectural design and construction will present cutting-edge case studies in the fall 2019 Architecture for Health lecture series, "Toward Improved Women & Children's Health & Hospital Facilities.”

The lecture series is made possible by the generous support of College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni: Ronald L. Skaggs, chairman emeritus, HKS Inc., and Joseph G. Sprague, principal, senior vice president and healthcare director, [HKS Inc.] (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hksinc.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=TgwAfmWOjWnn6KeMtQCRtx5f0XLIfwt686wDNgAivEE&m=24MtipC2PeGC5x_vT5Pp9UWXXdFLvMtLivXatrsKOkw&s=XYwFxcydSqojT9cQle0n9N2ik8tjtoS5YFAoBIc9QTQ&e=) through the Skaggs – Sprague Endowed Chair of Health Facilities Design, and Craig Beale, Principal of HKS Architects, Dallas.

[Ronald L. Skaggs] (https://www.arch.tamu.edu/community/formerstudents/outstanding-alumni/past-honorees/75/) , FAIA, FACHA, FHFI, LEED AP, is an adjunct professor of architecture, and donor of the Ronald L. and Sondra Skaggs Endowed Professor in Health Facilities Design, the Skaggs-Sprague Endowed Chair in Health Facilities Design, and numerous other scholarships and awards both in the College of Architecture, Corps of Cadets, and Texas A&M University. He is also a distinguished alumnus of Texas A&M University, and an outstanding alumnus of the College of Architecture.

[Joseph G. Sprague] (https://www.arch.tamu.edu/community/formerstudents/outstanding-alumni/past-honorees/80/) , FAIA, FACHA, FHFI, is a principal and senior vice president, HKS Inc.; past president, [FGI - Facility Guidelines Institute] (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fgiguidelines.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=TgwAfmWOjWnn6KeMtQCRtx5f0XLIfwt686wDNgAivEE&m=24MtipC2PeGC5x_vT5Pp9UWXXdFLvMtLivXatrsKOkw&s=D1ejWUI2Q5av0xVLBlukSLKkHONprN2_t950iArAdp0&e=) , [American College of Healthcare Architects] (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.healtharchitects.org_Pages_default.aspx&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=TgwAfmWOjWnn6KeMtQCRtx5f0XLIfwt686wDNgAivEE&m=24MtipC2PeGC5x_vT5Pp9UWXXdFLvMtLivXatrsKOkw&s=s3b15BbpOnhoD_NomGC7TyvkbfY6I7pnKJeRBIP2pcU&e=) , and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, and is also a donor to the Skaggs-Sprague Endowed Chair in Health Facilities Design. He is on the Board of Directors of ASHE, American Society of Healthcare Engineering, and an outstanding alumnus of the College of Architecture.

[Craig Beale] (https://www.arch.tamu.edu/community/formerstudents/outstanding-alumni/past-honorees/3/) , FAIA, FACHA, FACHE, LEED AP, is a principal at Knox Advisors and donor of the Craig & Julie Beale Endowed Professor of Health Facilities Design and SHEA, the Student Health Environments Association. He is also an outstanding alumnus of the College of Architecture.

This fall’s lecture series is presented by a collaboration of

• Texas A&M University
• Texas A&M College of Architecture
• Department of Architecture
• Department of Construction Science
• Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
• Texas A&M Health Science Center’s School of Public Health and College of Medicine
• Center for Health Organization Transformation
• Student Health Environments Association
• Global University Programs in Health Care Architecture
• Health Industry Advisory Council
• International Union of Architects Public Health Group
• American Society for Healthcare Engineering

• Center for Health Systems & Design ;

The lecture series is coordinated by George J. Mann , AIA, holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs Endowed Professorship of Health Facilities Design, Bita Kash , director of the [Center for Health Organization Transformation] (https://chotnsf.org) and associate professor at the Texas A&M School of Public Health, and Zhipeng Lu , associate director of the Center for Health Systems and Design, with the assistance of Judy Pruitt , administrative coordinator, CHSD.

The Center for Health Systems & Design’s Health Industry Advisory Council:

Ballinger, Philadelphia, Pa.

BatesForum, Clayton, Mo.

CallisonRTKL, Baltimore, Md.

ESa -Earl Swensson & Associates, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee

EYP Health, Houston, Texas`

FKP | CannonDesign, Houston, Texas

HDR - Architecture, Dallas, Texas

HKS, Inc., Dallas, Texas

HOK, Houston, Texas

The INNOVA Group, Austin, Texas

Jacobs, Dallas, Texas

Marmon Mok Architecture, San Antonio, Texas

Modular Services Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Page, Dallas, Texas

Perkins & Will, Dallas, Texas

Shepley Bulfinch, Houston, Texas

ZGF, Portland, Oregon

Stantec, Houston, Texas

Yonglin Healthcare Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan

Ao Hua Medical Industry, Hong Kong, China

Shenzhen General Institute of Architecture & Design Research, China

Richard Nira

rnira@arch.tamu.edu